Changes between Version 43 and Version 44 of SoCAndBountyIdeas

Timestamp:

Mar 26, 2008, 4:34:00 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

John Bailey

Comment:

Notes for .NET on the Win32 Native UI project

SoCAndBountyIdeas

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     * In theory, users of Windows 95 (there are still a surprising number of them!) should be able to use the application under some conditions
     * Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows 2000 users with older machines will have a more pleasant experience, as .NET applications tend to not run well (fast) enough on older, slower hardware where these Windows versions are prevalent
+  * If developed using .NET:
+    * The actual client development ''should'' be easier than with MFC.
+    * Glib and libpurple will need to be built with Visual Studio .NET.  If they're not, there ''will'' be some obscure, unfixable bugs resulting from the mixing of two different versions of the Microsoft Visual C/C++ Runtime library.
+      * [wiki:rekkanoryo]: I will assist the student if necessary with fixing the Glib project support files, whether or not I am the mentor of the project, as there are some minor tweaks necessary to make glib find its headers and such.
+    * .NET is probably preferred.
 
-This is a massive undertaking, and you should have a lot of experience creating native applications for MS Windows (experience with Visual Basic does '''''__not__''''' count here) as well as lots of experience with C.  Familiarity with the libpurple source and POSIX programming in general is also very important.
+This is a massive undertaking, and you should have a lot of experience creating native applications for MS Windows (experience with Visual Basic does '''''__not__''''' count here) as well as lots of experience with C.  Familiarity with the libpurple source and POSIX programming in general is also very important and extremely helpful.
 
 == Write XMPP Transports Based on libpurple ==